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Note: Yes, the bar has been raised. The "1100 Club" replaces "Club 1000", starting in 2004. While growing a pumpkin of 1000 pounds is a special accomplishment, many, many growers have now accomplished it multiple times. The new "1100 Club" recognizes the exclusive top growers who are stretching the boundaries of this great hobby!  See the "1100 Club".

New Club 1000 Inductees for 2003(Weight/Grower/Weighoff Site/ Parent):

1. 1385 Steve Deletas, Canby  A new world record!
2. 1373 Bryan Dueck, Niagara
3. 1370 Jerry Rose, Canfield
4. 1301.5 Alan Eaton, Ottawa See Picture
5. 1301.4 Bruce Whittier, Topsfield See Picture

6. 1279.5 Winston Wyckoff- Burbank, OH See Picture

7. 1247 Steve Handy, Canby

8. 1242 Larry Checkon, Altoona See Picture

9. 1225.4 Joe Jutras, Topsfield

10. 1213 Geoffrey Pierce, Topsfield See Picture

11. 1193 Arnold Vader, Ottawa See Picture

12. 1186.6 Tammy Peirce, Topsfield See Picture

13. 1180 Steve Deletas, Halfmoon Bay

14. 1162 Gerry Checkon, Altoona See Picture

15. 1159 John Barlow, Anamosa

16. 1157 Quinn Werner, Canfield See Picture

17. 1143 Claude and Marie Colbert, Gentilly See Picture

18. 1134 Joel Holland, Halfmoon Bay

19. 1133.4 Robert E. Demers, Topsfield See Picture 

20. 1132 Sharon Eaton , Ottawa See Picture

21. 1123 Jim Sherwood, Canby

22. 1121 Jim Ford, Topsfield See Picture

23. 1107.5 Quinn Werner, WPC See Picture

24. 1107 Shelly Cramer, Halfmoon Bay See Picture

25. 1106 Mike Popp, Tualatin, Or.

26. 1104.5 Glen Cheam, Ottawa See Picture

27. 1104.5 Brett Hester, Canby

28. 1100 Bill Bobier, Oswego See Picture

29. 1089.5 Winston Wyckoff , Canfield

30. 1088.4 Wayne Kennedy, Niagara See Picture

31. 1082.6 James Curry, Topsfield

32. 1074.4 Jim Beauchemin, Topsfield See Picture

33. 1073.4 Jerold Johnson, Anamosa

34. 1072 Kathy Houghton, Topsfield See Picture

35. 1071.5 Olivia Lanterman, Canfield

36. 1069.2 Kenneth Magdycz , Topsfield See Picture

37. 1068.2  Ron Wallace, Topsfield

38. 1064 James Martin, Halfmoon Bay See Picture

39. 1064 Jim Sherwood, Halfmoon Bay

40. 1061 Marge & Bob Greer, Ottawa See Picture

41. 1057 Quinn Werner , Canfield See Picture

42. 1057 Stan Pugh, Central Market

43. 1056 Joe Ailts, Nekoosa See Picture

44. 1051 Stephen Lewis, Ottawa See Picture

45. 1048.6 Kevin Companion, Topsfield

46. 1047 Wayne Peters, Austin, Mn

47. 1039 Mary Vader, Ottawa See Picture

48. 1030 Scott Armstrong, Amagansett, Long Island, NY

49. 1029 Alan Nesbitt, Elmira See Picture

50. 1028.8 Dan Carlson, Anamosa See Picture

51. 1027 Bill Hopkins, Topsfield See Picture

52. 1024.5 Valerie & Meagan Cheam, Ottawa

53. 1024 Kirk Mombert , Halfmoon Bay

54. 1019(Dmg) Donald E. Chambers, offical scales, Warwood, WV, See Picture

55. 1017 Clifford Picketts, PEI

56. 1015 Bruce Kaye, Ottawa See Picture
57. 1014.5 Jack LaRue, Canby
58. 1007.5 Clyde Wilson, Canby
59. 1006 Mike Popp, Central Market
60. 1005 Katie Jenkins, Topsfield See Picture
61. 1002 Allan Gibson, Canfield
62. 1000.5 Greg Kurkowski, Sioux Falls, S.D.
63. 1000 Stan Pugh, Tualatin, Or.

2003 Damaged and Exhibition:

Bruce and Mary Whittier  of Henniker, N.H. with their 1458 (Dmg) pound pumpkin.

1. 1458(Dmg) Bruce and Mary Whittier, weighed in field with offical scales, See Picture

2. 1082 Stan Pugh, Central Market

3. 1051.5 Larry Checkon, Altoona

4. 1004 Quinn Werner, Canfield See Picture 

5. 1002 Peter Carter (Dmg) See Picture

New Club 1000 Inductees for 2002(Weight/Grower/Weighoff Site/ Parent):

1. 1337.6 Charlie Houghton, Topsfield 845Bobier x 712Kuhn(Pictured above)

2. 1245 Tim Bailey, Exhibition- Blossom end split, WPC See Picture

3. 1236 Al Eaton, Exhibition, Ottawa See Picture

4. 1215 Ben Hebb, Windsor, Nova Scotia See Picture

5. 1186.4 Bruce Whittier , Topsfield

6. 1178 Rock Rivard (723 Bobier x 805 Pukos 380"), Gentilly See Picture

7. 1177.6 Jim Kuhn NH , Topsfield

8. 1173 Kirk Mombert, Half Moon Bay

9. 1172 Bill Greer, Ottawa See Picture

10. 1156 David Larsen, Canby- A FIRST YEAR GROWER!

11. 1056 Ruff, Anamosa

12. 1112.5 Steve Handy , Canby

13. 1105 Greg Stucker, Elk Grove See Picture

14. 1101 Jake Van Kooten - New BC Canada Record, PNWGPG See Picture

15. 1097.6 Tony Ciliberto (Stelts 705), PGPGA See Picture

16. 1097.5 Tom Beachy, Southern Indiana See Picture

17. 1096 Peter Glasier, Half Moon Bay See Picture

18. 1092 Dennis Dagle, Windsor, Nova Scotia

19. 1090 Mike Fisher, Canby

20. 1083.5 Jerold Johnson, Anamosa (735 Pukos) See Picture

21. 1076.5 Quin Werner, OVGPG See Picture

22. 1074 Calai, OVGPG

23. 1070 Todd Kline, Exhibition, Ottawa See Picture

24. 1066 Jack Vezzolo, Elk Grove See Picture

25. 1064 Jack LaRue, Half Moon Bay

26. 1058 Craig Sandvik, Central Market (652 Pukos)

27. 1056.5 Bob Ruff, Anamosa

28. 1055 Greg Kurkowski, Exhibition, Great South Dakota Weighoff

29. 1049.5 Mary Calai, OVGPG

30. 1049 Clarence Koch, Nekoosa See Picture

31. 1047 Bill Bobier, Oswego See Picture

32. 1038 G. Emmons, PNWGPG

33. 1037.5 Bill Bobier , Windsor, NY (seed 723 Bobier), WPC See Picture

34. 1035 P Handy, Canby

35. 1029 Alan Nesbitt, Elmira

36. 1027 Lisa Hester, Half Moon Bay

37. 1024 Joe Pukos, Oswego (Bobier 723) See Picture

38. 1023 Hester, Canby See Picture

39. 1023 Arnold Vader, Ottawa See Picture

40. 1020 Alan Nesbitt, Exhibition See Picture

41. 1018 Jeff Patrey, Exhibition, Ottawa See Picture

42. 1013.6 Dave Hampton Ma , Topsfield

43. 1012.5 Andrew Papez, Howell Pumpkin Farm, Ontario, Canada See Picture

44. 1005 Kurt Mombert, PNWGPG See Picture

(Note: clicking on some images below will give a larger picture)

	Geneva Emmons of Sammamish, Washington is the new world recordholder with this beautiful 1262 pound pumpkin, weighed in at Canby, Oregon on October 6, 2001.
	On September 29, 2001, Brittany & Craig Weir of Salisbury, Ma. became the new world recordholders wirh a 1260.4lb pumpkin. Their reign lasted only one week. And, it was broken by a pumpkin only two pounds heavier!
	Steve Daletas of Pleasant Hill, Oregon brought a 1230 pound pumpkin to the Canby Oregon weighoff on October 6, 2001. Hard to believe, but it only placed second!
	Paul Handy of Vancouver, Was. was the third of five growers bringing a thousand pound pumpkin to Canby, Oregon in 2001. His weighed 1167 pounds.
	Al Eaton of Richmond, Ontario Canada grew a 1153 pound pumpkin, a new Canadian alltime record. Al proudly displayed it at OSLGA in Ottowa, Canada on October 6, 2001.
	Geneva Emmons of Sammamish, Washington not only broke the world record in 2001, she grew three pumpkins over 1100 pounds. The third was this 1144 pounder weighed in ast Des Moines, Wa. on October 20, 2001.
	Dave Stelts of Leetonia, Ohio broke the world record in 2000 with a 1,140 pound pumpkin. The pumpkin was weighed in at Canfield, Ohio (OVGP).
	Gerry Checkon of Spangler, Pa was crowned the "Pumpkin Queen" in 1999, a reign that lasted but one year. For the record, her pumpkin was 1,131 pounds. Did you know? When they opened up the pumpkin, there were no seeds!
No picture yet.	Geneva Emmons not only broke the world record in 2001, but she had two 1000 pound pumpkins. The second was 1,111 lbs weighed at the Lone Pine Weighoff on OCtober 13, 2001.
	Todd Skinner Joined this elite club with his 1109 pound pumpkin which he put on display at the Barnesville, Ohio weigh off on September 30, 2000.
	John Girgus of Derry, N. H. Weighed in his 1107.8 lb. pumpkin at Topsfield, Ma on September 29, 2001. He disqualified his own pumpkin due to a hole to the cavity. But he truly belongs here in Club 100 as his pumpkin was officially weighed.
	Kirk Mombert of Harrisburg, Oregon took fourth place on October 6, 2001 with a 1097 pounder.
	Joe Pukos of Leicester, N.Y. won first place at the WPC weighoff in Clarence, N.Y. on September30, 2000 with this 1,096.8 pound pumpkin. If you have been part of this hobby and have visited Pumpkin Nook, before, you may recognize Joe as one of our past Feature Growers. We knew this day would come for Joe. Joe told me he spent one to one and a half hours a day tending his pumpkin and the vines. What did he do differently this year? He said he "buried the heck out of the vines."
	Gary Burke of Simcoe, Ontario, Canada broke the world record in 1998 with a 1,092 pound pumpkin. He displayed it at the Port Elgin festival.
No picture yet.	Scott Daletas of Pleasant Hill, Oregon grew a 1075 lb. pumpkin in 2001.
	Glenn Needham (Canada) brought his 1064.5 pound pumpkin to the Carp Fair in Canada in 2000. His pumpkin had developed a crack and would not last until the larger weigh-offs.
	Rock Rivard brought his 1062 pound pumpkin to the Gentilly, Quebec, Canada weighoff on October 6, 2001.
No picture yet.	Tony Cilberto of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. probably didn't admit disappointment, but his 1061.5 pound pumpkin weighed in light versus the tape. He weighed in are Altoona, Pa. in 2001. (PGPGA)
	Paula Zehr of Lowville, N.Y. was the first member to join Club 1000 in 1996 with a 1,061 pound pumpkin.
	Joe Pukos of Leicester, N.Y. weighed in a 1061 pound pumpkin at Oswego, N.Y. on October 6, 2001. The week before, he took first place in the WPC weighoff with another pumpkin.
Picture, compliments of Len Stellpflug, Rush, N.Y.	"It's all in the seed!" That's what Len Stellpflug of Rush, N.Y. says about growing a 1,056 pound pumpkin in 1998 from a Gerts 946.5. Len is well known for developing the Weight Estimation chart that allows growers to measure their pumpkins in the field with a tape measure to estimate the weight.
No Picture yet.	Dave Stelts, the 2000 record holder, displayed a 1053.5 pound pumpkin at the Ohio Valley Pumpkin Growers weighoff on October 6, 2001.
No Picture yet.	Joel Holland displayed his 1049 lb. pumpkin at the Lone Pine, weighoff on October 13, 2001.
	Neil Cox placed second at the 2000 WPC weighoff in Clarence N.Y. with his hefty 1,048 pound pumpkin. Neal came in from Waterford, Ontario to make this a truly international competition.
Picture, compliments of Bob Attaway, Flowery Branch, Ga.	Todd Kline of Shawville, QC, Canada registered his 1,036.5 pound pumpkin at the Ottawa-Saint Lawrence Growers weighoff in 1999.
	Brett Hester of Canby, Oregon placed fifth at the Canby weighoff on October 6, 2001 with a 1028 lb. pumpkin. At many festivals, this would take first place!
	Joel Holland of Puyallup, Was. displayed his 1,026 pound pumpkin on October 7, 2000. PNWPG
	Jim Kuhn of Goffstown, New Hampshire weighed his 1020.2 lb. pumpkin at Topsfield, Ma. on September 29, 2001.
	Andrew Papez of St. Catherines weighed his 1020 lb. pumpkin on October 6, 2001.
	Steve Daletas of Pleasant Hill, Oregon brought his second largest pumpkin , 1016 pounds, to Half Moon Bay on Columbus Day, 2001.
	Bob & Elaine MacKenzie of Tiverton Ontario, Canada displayed a 1,010 pound pumpkin.
	It was Saturday night, October 28, 2000. Halloween was almost here and nobody expected it. But Jack LaRue brought a pumpkin to perhaps the last of the festivals. To his and everybody else's surprise, it weighed in at 1,010 pounds.
Picture, compliments of Bob Attaway, Flowery Branch, Ga.	Al Eaton of Richmond, Ontario, Canada placed second with a 1,009.5 pound pumpkin at.the Ottawa-Saint Lawrence Growers weighoff in 1999.
Picture, compliments of Don Eisenhaur Derry, NH	Steve Connally of Sharon, Ma brought his 1009.5 pound pumpkin to the Topsfield, Ma. GPC weighoff (2000). Topsfield is one of the largest festivals with over 100 entries each year. This pumpkin is Topsfield's first entrant into "Club 1000".
	Joe Scherber of Wheatridge, Colorado with a 1,009.2 pound pumpkin on October 7, 2000.
	Kevin Brown and his father in-law drove several hours from Milan, Pa. to the WPC weigh off in Clarence, New York on September 30, 2000. He took third place with a pumpkin weighing 1,007 pounds.
	Bill Greer of Picton, Ontario, Canada joined Club 1000 with a 1,006 pound pumpkin.
	Wes Dwelly of Oakham, Ma pulled a 1002 lb. pumpkin from his patch in 2001. This is Wes and his son Greg.

Also see Club Records by State